Vladimir Nikishkin <lockyw...@gmail.com> writes: > I need to pay a fee by every 28th of the month, and I want this task > to show up in the agenda from the 20th of the next not paid month. > > What's the proper DEADLINE format? > > DEADLINE: <2020-02-28 Sun .+1m -10d> ? > DEADLINE: <2020-02-28 Sun -10d .+1m> ?
Those are equivalent. Though you might consider whether you'd prefer '+' or '++' for this rather than '.+'. See (info "(org)Repeated tasks") if you're not aware of the differences. And note that a utility like datefudge or libfaketime is useful for testing these sorts of things out. For example: $ datefudge "2020-02-18" emacs [...]